Ald. Brendan Reilly, reacting today to a Tribune investigation about sudden and unexplained spikes in red-light camera tickets at certain intersections, called on the Emanuel administration to determine the cause and issue refunds where appropriate.

"The mayor's probably as disappointed as I am that this system isn't working right," said Reilly, who represents the 42nd Ward. "I think it's incumbent upon the administration to get this sorted out very quickly, because they can't be issuing tickets in error in this kind of volume."

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Salon owner Oumou Wague got four tickets in one month in 2011 from a red light camera after driving through the same intersection at Halsted and 119th streets for a decade. She said it confirmed her suspicion that the camera was defective.